Extensible supporting-rack for wardrobes.



M. KURTZON. A EXTENSIBLE SUPPORTING RACK FOR WARDEOBES.

APPLICATION FILED APILZB, 1912.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

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MORRIS KURTZON. OF CHIGAGO, ILLINOIS.

EXTENSTBLE SUPPORTING-BACK FOR WAIRDROBES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

Application filed April 26, 1912. Serial in. 693,346.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Monins KUR'rzoN, citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in ExtensibleSupporting-Racks for Wardrobes, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in extensible supporting devicesor racks of the class designed for use in connection with wardrobes andgarment hangers and in which one or more bars may be slidably extendedfrom the wardrobe for the purpose of displaying or handling the garmenthangers suspended from one of the bars.

The especial objects of the improvements which form the subject matterof this application are to provide an extensible garment hanger supportof economical construction, of compact form, of relatively greatstrength, and one in which the anti-frictional means will provide forthe various stresses to which such devices are subjected in ordinaryuse.

A further object is to provide a device of the class stated that will bedurable, and in which buckling of the bars will be eliminated, and theywill be caused to travel in true parallel relation.

Having the foregoing and other objects of general utility in view, Ihave invented the garment supporting deviceillustrated in theaccompanying drawing in the following views Figure 1 shows in sideelevation my invention applied to the upper portion of a wardrobe and inpartly extended form; Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing one ofthe slidable members in connection with the roller bearings providedtherefor; Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and Fig.4: is an elevational view of the supporting device with one of the sideplates removed and with the parts in their retracted or closed relation.

Referring to the details of the drawing, 5 represents a portion of theback of a wardrobe or the rear wall of the structure,

1 to which are secured the top 5*, and the front wall in which there isan opening 5*, through which the garment supporting appliance is adaptedto slide.

6 represents the fixed member of the appliance, the same consisting of atube, rectangular in cross section, and equipped at its ends withbrackets 6 6 which are screwed to the rear and front of the wardroberespectively. 7

The first slidable member consists of a casing which embraces the fixedbar 6 and the second slidable member 10, and carries the anti-frictionaldevices on which the several movable members slide. This casing is madeup of two channel-plates 14 arranged with their flanges extending towardeach other, and connected by a series of hollow studs 15 which areinternally threaded to receive screws 15, and by solid studs 15 whichare threaded on their extremities which project through the side wallsof the channel members 14:, and have arranged thereon nuts 15. The studs15 and 15 are shouldered, and these shoulders fit snugly against theribs 14; extending longitudinally along the inner'walls of the members1-1, thus holding said walls in fixed spaced relation so as to preventbinding on the ends of the rollers 7 whichare also interposed betweenthe side walls of the casing 14 and are provided with pintles '7 whichrotate in suitable openings formed in the ribs 14* of the casing wallsll. The channel members forming the casing 14, are also connected attheir ends by U-shaped brackets 14 the ends of which are connectedrespectively I w1th said casing members by screws 15 which engagethreaded holes M in said brackets. The cross diameter of the rollers 7,is slightly greater than the cross diameter of the studs 15, 15 and thesurfaces of said rollers are in frictional engagement with the upperwall of the lower sliding member 10, as clearly indicated in Figs. 3 and4:. V

lnterposed between the flanges of the easing members 14, and the fixedmembers 6 and lower slida ble member 10, are anti-fric tional bearingsor roller carriages each consisting'of two flat parallel plates rigidlyThe upper member connected together. consists of two plates 8 setedgewise, rigidly connected by shouldered studs 8 placed at intervalsalong the sides of said plates 8, and having rotatably mounted betweensaid plates, rollers 9, having reduced spindles 9 which journal in holesthrough said plates 8. These rollers are spaced at intervals along saidplates so as to distribute the thrust equally throughout the length ofsaid member. The lower slidable carriage is of the same construction asthat above described, the plates being indicated bythe numerals 11, therollers by 12, and the studs by 11*. These roller carriages are adaptedto slide within thecasing 14' independently of each other, and solely byfrictional contact between the engaged rollers-and adjacent walls of theslidable members and the flanges of the casing. The carriages have alength slightly less than half the length of the slidable members, andthe'rollers 9 and 12 are mounted slightly'a'bove and below respectivelythe longitudinal centers of the plates Sand 11, so that the extendingportions of the plates form flanges which substantially overlap the sidewalls of the rectangular tubes 6 and 10, thus forming guides for saidcarriages in their sliding movement back and forth on the members whichthey engage. To the'forward end ofv the bar 10 is secured a dependingbracket 13 which'terminates in a handle 13. To the rear end "of the bar10 is secured a second pendant bracket 13, said brackets 13, 13, formingthe end supports for a tubular bar '13 which is adapted to support theusual garment-hangers, the latter not'being shown in this connection.

From the construction above described, it will be obvious that theslidable carriages and the various anti-frictional rollers will behoused withinthe walls of the casing 14 and Willthus be protected fromdirt, and when once lubricated, will hold the lubrieating grease muchlonger than if said rollers or their spindles were exposed freely to theatmosphere. It will allso be obvious that as the slidablemem-bersmoverelatively to each other "and to the fixed member 6, the rollercarriages will travel freely and independently along said members andwill at all times automatically imaintain their proper relation toeffectively-withstandthe upward and downward. thrust andstress to whichsaid slidable members are subjected as aresult of the load imposed byanumber of garments suspended from ,the .bar 13,

which stress or thrust varies with the'relative position of saidslidable" members.

'VVhen rod 13 is slid outwardlyby a pull on .handle 13 the bracket 13will meet the rear end of thelower carriage and acon .tinued pull willmove the casing 1% outwardly until the front end of the upper carriagecomes into engagement with the fixed bracket 6 whereupon the outwardmovement of the parts will cease.

By reason of the rectangular form of the members 6 and 10, therelatively long antifrictional bearings afforded by the rollers 7 and 9,and the rigid side bearings for the 6C roller carriages effected by theflanges of the plates 8 and 11, I am able to attain the especial objectsof my invention as hereinbefore set forth.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, is

1. In extensible supporting racks for wardrobes an upper bar,rectangular in cross-sectionv adapted to be rigidly connected with thesupporting structure, a casing slidably .mounted on said fixed bar, andcomposed of channel bars, a lower bar rectangular' in cross-section,slidably mounted in said casing, roller bearings journaled in both thewalls ofsaid casing and friction- .ally engaging the top wall of thelower bar, and SllClillJlG roller bearing carriages arrangedbetween thesaid fixed and slidable bars and the upper and lower walls respectivelyofthe casing, said carriages having flanges frictionally engaging andforming guides for the side walls of the said bars, rollers mounted insaid carriages extending "transversely to saidibars, and a garmenthanger barconnected with said lower barf s5 2; In extensible supportingracks for,

wardrobes, an upper bar, rectangular in cross-section, adapted to berigidly connected with thesupporting structure, a casing slidablymounted on saidfixed bar and com- 0 posed of two channel bars arrangedwith their flanges turned inwardly, and detachably connected, a lowerbar, rectangular in cross-section, slidably mounted in said casing,rollers having pintles journaled in the 5 walls of said casing andfrictionally engaging both the top wall of the slidable bar, andindependently slidable roller-bearing carriagesarranged between saidfixed bar and the upper wallof said casing and between 10( the slidablebar and the bottom wall of the casing, said carriages having verticalflanges .frictionally engaging and forming guidesfor the side walls ofsaid fixed tube and slidable tube, rollers mounted in said carriagesextending transversely to said bars, and a garment hangerbar and handleconnected with said slidable bar.

Intestimony whereof I affix my signa 'ture in the presence of twowitnesses.

' "MORRIS KURTZO N Witnesses:

' J;- R; WooDroRD, Jr., R. A. FOSTER.

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